Synodic month length 29.35 days

Length of current 1220 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 24 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 1221 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 49 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 22 September 2098 Monday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠10.1°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠10.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠26.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon before perigee

14 days after point of apogee on 7 September 2098 at 19:51 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 September 2098 at 09:26 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 363 381 km

Moon is 363 381 km(225 794 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 024 km(224 330 mi).

Moon before descending node

9 days after its ascending node on 12 September 2098 at 21:33 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 September 2098 at 20:31 in ♎ Libra.

Draconic month

Moon after northern standstill

3 days after previous North standstill on 18 September 2098 at 20:59 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.525°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.555° in the next southern standstill on 1 October 2098 at 16:08 in ♐ Sagittarius.